But elites have a simple message vote then go home and leave everything to. Actual democracy out of devil type class. Our guest today Michael current one of the country s foremost independent political analysts Cornell West calls him a charming prophetic voice. Major colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Numerous books including democracy for the few power and the powerless and the assassination of Julius. Spoke at the University of Colorado at Boulder this classic from the way our archives is a relevant today as it was when it was 1st recorded in 1004 and now Michael Parenti I want to talk about capitalism I think maybe it s time we do it s a remarkable thing that you can take courses in political science and study institutions and policies and all and never once is it mentioned that we live in a capitalist system and I maintain that it s time we talk about that subject because capitalism is a system which spins off enormous imperatives which prefigured much of p
We re. Told. More than 700 children who were wrecked away from their parents by immigration authorities or at the border they ve still not been reunited despite Thursday s court imposed deadline to reunite all separated migrant children with their parents today in a democracy now special we spend the hour with world renowned political dissident language professor and author Noam Chomsky to talk about how u.s. Foreign policy in Central America helped cause the refugee crisis and his solutions for it. Is truly. Compensate. That we ve carried out. We ll also speak with Noam Chomsky about Nicaragua economic inequality in the United States what the media is not covering and democratic socialist Alexandra Ocasio Cortez s primary victory that s rocked the Democratic establishment. Cory. Booker if you. Wish to. Speak to the recruiter Porter. Who refuses. To date Noam Chomsky for the hour all that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now democracy now got or the War and Peace Report I m Am
From Pacifica. Now. More than 700 children away from their parents by immigration authorities here at the border they ve still not been reunited despite Thursday s court imposed deadline to reunite all separated migrant children with their parents today in a democracy now special we spend the hour with world renowned political dissident professor and author. To talk about how u.s. Foreign policy in Central America caused the refugee crisis and his solutions. We ll also speak with Noam Chomsky about Nicaragua economic inequality in the United States what the media is not covering and democratic socialist Alexandra Cortez s primary victory that s rocked the Democratic establishment. Today. For the hour. All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now democracy now or the war and peace report I mean the goodman Federal officials say 711 immigrant children remain separated and in u.s. Custody after the trumpet ministration missed a court imposed deadline to reunite all 2500 families
Today on Flashpoints we feature an exclusive interview with Joe Laurie the editor in chief of Consortium News discussing reactions to yesterday s Trumpington summit next we catch up with William Denny the former technical director of world military and geopolitical analysis and reporting for the National Security Agency many worked at the n.s.a. For 36 years and has plenty to say about Russian hacking and the recent f.b.i. Indictments finally we talk with Sam Husseini who is physically removed from the press conference between Trumpton Putin in the us and give Finland and detained by Finnish police yesterday I m Kevin Pina filling in for Dennis Bernstein all this straight ahead on Flashpoints Stay tuned. In You re listening to Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio Well today we re going to lead off with a story about how the stories are being spun and how they re being told we re talking about the Trump hootin summit in Helsinki Finland and the reactions over reactions of the media and politi
K. 24 a.p.i. Stanek has an on line a key p.f.a. Dot Oh I like the time it s 3 pm stay tuned for cover to cover with Jack folly. This is Jack Foley today s show is a presentation of selections from Percy dove tonsils speaks with a pedia writes this. Percy dove tonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs who lived from 1919 to 1962 it is probably the best remembered of Kovacs many t.v. And Tanisha. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of heart music as a poet laureate who appeared on screen as a bizarrely a feminine or teased with we have a list slick tear including 2 carefully placed spit curls on his forehead an extraordinarily thick eyeglasses but appeared to have eyes painted on the backsides of the lenses he would appear seated in a chair wearing a zebra pattern smoking jacket and reading from an oversized book lying open in his lap Percy would address the audience in a syrup a lisp and he read his poems out of the book wh